Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Insha Allah by Sara Cheikh

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Insha Allah by Sara Cheikh

The cosmopolitan daughter ofSaharawi émigrés travels to visit her family in the forgotten refugeecity-camps scattered in the Western Sahara desert.

At the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak, what was supposed to be a long-awaited homecoming becomesa desperate adventure escaping border guards and surviving on candy bars, allthe while trying to avoid losing her cool with unwanted and unlikely travelingcompanions. On her odyssey back home througha changing world, she faces starvation, the possibility of arrest, andkidnapping, as she attempts to cross the border into Algeria by any meanspossible. Alternating between tense, poignant, and funny, this heartfeltfirst-hand account explores life and lessons from the plight of the Saharawipeople. Sara's story questions the meaning of cultural heritage and theuniversal desire to have a homeland.

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Insha Allah is Sara's firstbook and is the first memoir published in English by a Saharawi woman writer. Thebook includes historical and personal black & white images, color imageinsert, and maps of the Saharawi territory and Sara's journey.